You're right on bf109, not to mention the 15,000 planes, 7000 tanks (ok they were crappy US tanks but still) and 375,000 trucks plus much much...
I can relate about the horses, saddens me how many died in WWII.
hey Joe, I'm one of those people who thinks that the German Army was "way cool." All I see is a guy with an inferiority complex, probably about...
This is what one of the greatest tank aces of all time, Otto Carius (150+ kills) had to say about the Jagdtiger (which he saw action in): "Only...
Never said they were the best at everything all the time. "Oh and don't worry mate, I am not worried about not having your respect, why?...
wow, that's cool about the Elephant CrazyD. Funny lots of sources put them down as a bad design, yet they sure did an outstanding job at killing...
The best, imho, and my fav was the Jagdpanther. Love the way its chews up the Brit tanks in Band of Brothers.
In the beginning, like many Germans, Rommel was enamored with Hitler and his restoration of German strength and pride. As Hitler's true nature...
Hey Tompcat, so u don't respect me, well don't worry I don't respect u either. Funny thing is, judging by your statement below, you're just as...
Makes sense to me Slip. Personally I use Wikipedia in a similar way. For my research and writing, I use it as a suplamentary source, to flesh...
Yeah, Totenkopf, despite its ominous origins, certainly is one of the elite divisions of the war. Tomcat: So I take it you ignore Sloniksp's...
Personally I think Patton is one of the most, along with Zuhkov, overrated commanders. No question Rommel is far superior. What did Patton do...
1. Tiger - undisputed greatest tank killer in history 2. Panther 3. T-34 4. JS2 5. JS1 6. Sherman Firefly 7. KV 1 8. KV 2 9. Sherman and Mark IV...
The loss of 765,000 for the Soviets comes from Krivosheyev's "The losses of the Armed Forces of the USSR,'" (Moscow 1993). As you might or...
"You are obviously passionate about the German soldier as best. It's your opinion and you've backed it up with your reasons. Could you just leave...
My figures are well off?? says you? well i did get them from samuel Mitcham who only wrote like thirty books on WWII. What makes u think your...
"And you significantly downplay their importance in the war. Germany was perhaps 20% Panzer, which were quite good. The rest were nonmechanized...
Bagration figures are from Samuel Mitcham's the GErman defeat in the east,
"Were US and British fliers left in operational groups for 6 years, I would image that they could have developed similar numbers." Certainly...
"Get a better book. Here are a few more names, I'm sorry they are too numerous to list." I have no doubt your list of Medal of honor includes...
